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Linebacker Jackson Woodard was the first player in team history selected as a First-Team Academic All-American. A transfer from the University of Arkansas, Woodard completed his kinesiology degree in May. This fall, he will pursue both his graduate certificate and opposing quarterbacks — the latter as a team captain and a candidate for multiple national honors including the Butkus Award for the nation’s top linebacker.

The UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame welcomed a diverse class of inductees including athletes Hunkie Cooper (football), Kevin Lofthus (baseball), Christine Parris (softball), and Talance Sawyer (football); the 1991 UNLV softball team; national championship-winning golf coach Dwaine Knight; and beloved equipment manager Paul Pucciarelli. Longtime UNLV athletics supporter Bruce Bayne was inducted as a Distinguished Contributor, while one-time quarterback Steve Stallworth received the Silver Rebel Award.

The only collegiate wrestling team in the state of Nevada, UNLV’s Wrestlin’ Rebels celebrated a historic milestone in 2024: a five-peat of NCWA West Coast Conference Championships (men's team), three national NCWA All-Americans (two from the men's team; one from the women's team), including UNLV's first-ever woman wrestler to reach the championships and become an All-American. UNLV Wrestling was resurrected in 2017 within the NCWA, perpetuating the tradition established by its NCAA Division-I team from the '70s and '80s.
 

For the first time in the UNLV hockey program, the 2023-24 Skatin’ Rebels played for a national championship after a 25-6-2 regular season and took second overall. The team earned two First Team All Tournament Awards, two Second Team All Tournament Awards, and two Honorable Mention All Tournament Awards.

For the third consecutive season, the UNLV Lady Rebels have won the Mountain West Basketball Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. UNLV is the first Mountain West women’s team to win both titles three seasons in a row. The Lady Rebels are making their 11th NCAA tournament appearance in program history and fourth since joining the Mountain West in 1999.

16 student-athletes from the UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving program were named to their respective College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America lists. To be selected to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team, students must have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have participated in their respective NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

UNLV Director of Athletics Erick Harper has been named The Leadership Playbook’s 2023-24 Administrator of the Year for Public Universities. The award recognizes individuals in leadership positions who strive to develop other leaders, make people and situations better, and provide a positive example for those they influence. Harper, who is in his fourth year as Director of Athletics at UNLV, was also recently appointed to the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee.

UNLV Football senior cornerback Cameron Oliver was one of 42 players named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List. Oliver is the first Rebel to be part of the honor's preseason list since two-time All-American and UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame safety Jamaal Brimmer in 2004. The Jim Thorpe Award is awarded annually to college football's top defensive back and is named after history's greatest all-around athlete, a man who excelled as a running back, passer and kicker on offense, as well as a standout defensive back.